<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents the mechanical architecture, control system, and other modules of a physiotherapy service robot which can treat degenerative disease and chronic disease of middle-aged and aged people by Chinese massage skill. The main body of the robot includes a massage adjustable bed, two 4-DOF(Degree of Freedom) robot arms and two massage hands that can accomplish various massage manipulations. Physiological signal and massage pressure are detecting in real time in massage process to ensure a scientific and safe therapy. Vision system sends the recognized acupoint position to the master system to track the patient’s body, and the acupoint being massaged is displayed in real time by the 3D virtual model. The robot can execute ten massage manipulations, so that the traditional Chinese massage can have a robot instead. The effectiveness for degenerative lumbago in middle-aged and aged is demonstrated by laboratory examination and clinical trial.</p></abstract>

This paper presents the mechanical architecture, control system, and other modules of a physiotherapy service robot which can treat degenerative disease and chronic disease of middle-aged and aged people by Chinese massage skill. The main body of the robot includes a massage adjustable bed, two 4-DOF(Degree of Freedom) robot arms and two massage hands that can accomplish various massage manipulations. Physiological signal and massage pressure are detecting in real time in massage process to ensure a scientific and safe therapy. Vision system sends the recognized acupoint position to the master system to track the patient’s body, and the acupoint being massaged is displayed in real time by the 3D virtual model. The robot can execute ten massage manipulations, so that the traditional Chinese massage can have a robot instead. The effectiveness for degenerative lumbago in middle-aged and aged is demonstrated by laboratory examination and clinical trial.

Vision-Integrated Physiotherapy Service Robot Using Cooperating Two Arms

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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This paper presents the mechanical architecture, control system, and other modules of a physiotherapy service robot which can treat degenerative disease and...

Vision-Integrated Physiotherapy Service Robot Using Cooperating Two Arms

Publié en ligne: 01 sept. 2014

Pages: 1024 - 1043

Reçu: 20 févr. 2014

Accepté: 01 sept. 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-692

Mots clés
physiotherapy robot, acupoint recognition, motion control

© 2014 Huanbing Gao et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Vision-Integrated Physiotherapy Service Robot Using Cooperating Two Arms

Publié en ligne: 01 sept. 2014

Pages: 1024 - 1043

Reçu: 20 févr. 2014

Accepté: 01 sept. 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-692

Mots clésphysiotherapy robot, acupoint recognition, motion control

© 2014 Huanbing Gao et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
physiotherapy robot, acupoint recognition, motion control